Improvement ih flower-pots



M. LUDLUM,

Improvement in Flower-Pots.

9.72%, Patented July 30, 1872.

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am W MATTHIAS LUDLUM, OF MIDDLEBURY, VERMONT.

IMPROVEM ENT EN FLOWR'POTS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 129,922, dated July 30,1872.

Specification describing anew and useful Improvement in Flower-Pots,invented by MATTHIAS LUDLUM, of Middlebury, in the county of Addison andState of Vermont.

1n the accompanying drawing, Figure l is a detail vertical section ofmyv improved flower-pot taken through the linens w, Fig. 2. Fig. 2- is adetail horizontal section of the `same taken through the line y y, Fig.l. Fig. 3 is a detail view of a part ofthe body of the same, showing themanner in which the sections are connected. 'l

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

My invention has for its object to improve the construction of myimproved ilower-pot `patented March l, 1870, and numbered 100,- 300, soas to make it more convenient and satisfactory in use, and so as toadapt it to be removed from plants too bushy or brittle Ior twining topass through it; and it consists in the combination of a saucer with thebottomless body, and in the bottomless body made in sections, ashereinafter more fully described.l A is the body of the flower-pot,which increases in size toward its lower edge to give more space for therootsV of the plants. To the lower edge of the bodyA are secured, orupon it are lformed, three or more outwardly-proj ecting flanges, af,which enter 4corresponding grooves,orinterlockwithcorrespondingflanges bformed upon or attached to the inner sur-` face of the saucer B, sothatthe said saucer-B may be conveniently attached to and detached edges ofthe sections thatform the open seam are secured to each other by a hook,O, pivoted to one section, and hooking into an eye attached to the othersection. This construc- Ation allows the body of the flower-pot to beopened up and removed from the soil and roots of the plants when saidplants are toomla-rge,

bushy, or tender to pass throughthe pot, or when they are long ortwining vines, so that they may be repotted or set in the ground withoutinj uringthem or even checkin gtheir growth.

The flower-pots may be made of pottery, metal, or wood, as may bedesired or convenient.

Having thus described my invention, I claiml as new and desire to secureby Letters `Pat ent- As an article of manufacture, the bottomless pot A,whose side sections are hinged to one another and secured detachably toa saucer, B, as described.

MATTHIAS LUDLUM.

Witnesses:

WILLARD It. GRAY, HENRY VrLLRoY LUDLUM.

